Beaverton boys too much for Gladwin

Daily News staff

Published
10:04 pm EST, Friday, February 22, 2019

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BEAVERTON — Beaverton parlayed a huge second quarter into a 74-33 win over visiting Gladwin to conclude the boys' basketball regular season on Friday. The Beavers improve to 15-3 overall and 12-2 in the Jack Pine Conference, while the Flying G's fall to 1-17, 1-13.

Beaverton led 12-7 after one quarter and then turned up the defensive pressure in the second quarter, outscoring Gladwin 24-2 to take a 36-9 lead into halftime. The Beavers outscored the G's 38-24 in the second half.

"They've got a good ballteam," Gladwin coach Josh Pahl said of Beaverton. "They were just way too intense for us, and we had way, way too many turnovers. I'm not even sure how many (turnovers) we had, but it was well over 25."

Ben Pahl led the G's with 10 points. No additional information was provided by Beaverton.

Gladwin will host Clare in a 6 p.m. Division 2 district quarterfinal on Monday, while the Beavers will host Harrison in a 7 p.m. Division 3 district quarterfinal the same night.

Beaverton also won the junior varsity game, 47-23. Bruce Torzy led the G's with eight points. No leading scorer was made available for Beaverton.